Sunday, January 8, 2012

EULOGY FOR A TREE


The dead birch is coming down today
Thwack! Thwack! An axe hitting hardwood
Refusing to turn to mush sounds the death-knell
Of a once proud tree; curls of white bark
fall like tears.

S.E.Ingraham©
Day 7

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  1. BarbJanuary 8, 2012 at 2:43 PM

    Trees like humans withstand and then inevitably fall. The image of "white bark like tears" is haunting.

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